Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Full reference: W. King. 1849. On some families and genera of corals. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 3:388-390
Parent taxon: Acanthocladiinae according to A. Ernst 2001
See also Bassler 1953, Harlton 1933, Sakagami 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Kalvariella
Subtaxa: Acanthocladia anceps Acanthocladia biserialis Acanthocladia diffusa Acanthocladia guadalupensis Acanthocladia laxa Acanthocladia minor Acanthocladia multipora Acanthocladia ouachitensis Acanthocladia regularis Acanthocladia rhombicellata Acanthocladia sparsifurcata Acanthocladia thaiensis Acanthocladia tumulosa Acanthocladia tundrica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Canada (2: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (4), Germany (12), Greece (2), Greenland (1), India (2), Indonesia (1), Laos (1), Lithuania (15), Mexico (1), Mongolia (1), Pakistan (2), Peru (1), Poland (12), the Russian Federation (7), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Thailand (2), the United Kingdom (22), United States (105: Kansas, New Mexico, Texas)
• Desmoinesian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Nevada, Oklahoma)
• Mississippian of United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 204 collections including 219 occurrences
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